1. Research Note Cards
English 3

2. What Are Note Cards?
index cards on which you take notes from your sources
an organizational system for your research
a way to outline your paper while you conduct your research

3. Why Should I Make Note Cards?
to make the research process easier
to help yourself avoid plagiarism
to meet the requirement for a grade 

4. What Should I Do First?
Find a source that you want to use and create a source card. A source card includes:
the MLA citation for the source (triple check for accuracy!)
a number in the right-hand corner
You will need a minimum of SIX source cards; you must use at least four of them in your paper.

5. 1 Froese-Germain, Bernie
1 Froese-Germain, Bernie. "Tying Teacher Pay to Test Scores Is Bad Policy." Teachers and Ethics, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press, Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ /OVIC?u=scschools&xid= 5d Accessed 31 Jan Originally published as “Weighing In on the Teacher Merit Pay Debate," Mar

6. How Do I Create a Note Card?
Take notes from the source on note cards. A note card contains:
ONE idea or interesting piece of information, quoted or paraphrased
the specific topic you are researching (one of your three points)
the source number
page number (if applicable)

7. Information, quoted or paraphrased
Topic #
Information, quoted or paraphrased
page #

8. Problems
“Tying teacher evaluation and remuneration to test results reinforces a competitive spirit that undermines teacher collegiality and teamwork.”

9. 2 Amaral, Matt. "Tying Teacher Bonus Pay to Test Scores Can Be Done Fairly." Teachers and Ethics, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press, Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ /OVIC?u=scschoolsxid= c846dabe. Accessed 31 Jan Originally published as "Connecting Test Scores to Teacher Pay—Do It Right, or Not at All,” Newamericamedia.org, 11 May 2011.

10. Bonuses
“Even so, I am in favor of giving high-achieving teachers more money. Even if they aren't suddenly going to start working harder, they can still receive a bonus for doing a great job.”

11. Quoting Quote: using the exact words of the author Use quotes when
you want an authority to support a statement
something is said exceptionally well
the quotation is needed for accuracy

12. Quoting Quotations must be EXACT – double-check for accuracy!
should be as short as possible
use ellipses (…) when you leave words out

13. Problems
“Tying teacher evaluation and remuneration to test results reinforces a competitive spirit that undermines teacher collegiality and teamwork.”

14. Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is restating an original source in YOUR OWN words.
Paraphrased ideas must be cited in your paper.
Paraphrasing is NOT
changing a few words here and there
leaving a few words out
rearranging the order of the words

15. ORIGINAL: “Tying teacher evaluation and remuneration to test results
ORIGINAL: “Tying teacher evaluation and remuneration to test results reinforces a competitive spirit that undermines teacher collegiality and teamwork.”
PARAPHRASE: Basing teachers’ salaries on students’ test results encourages teachers to work against one another instead of working together.

16. ORIGINAL: “Even so, I am in favor of giving high-achieving teachers more money. Even if they aren't suddenly going to start working harder, they can still receive a bonus for doing a great job.”
PARAPHRASE: Amaral supports giving effective teachers bonus pay when their students perform well on standardized tests.

17. Plagiarism Plagiarism is
taking credit for someone else’s work, which may be words or ideas
illegal
an act of fraud that includes stealing and lying
easy to avoid

18. Plagiarism includes turning in someone else’s work as your own
copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not —